[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 148 (Wednesday, October 31, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1073-D1074]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                        Wednesday, October 31, 2001

[[Page D1073]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2590, Treasury, 
      Postal Appropriations.
      House Committees ordered reported six sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11251-S11297
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1595-1608, and S.J. Res. 27.                 
  Page S11286
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Further Revised Allocation to Subcommittees 
of Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 2002.'' (S. Rept. No. 107-91)
  S. 951, to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 107-89)
  H.R. 1042, to prevent the elimination of certain reports. (S. Rept. 
No. 107-90)
  S. 1140, to amend chapter 1 of title 9, United States Code, to 
provide for greater fairness in the arbitration process relating to 
motor vehicle franchise contracts.
  S.J. Res. 12, granting the consent of Congress to the International 
Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding. 
                                                        Pages S11285-86
Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations Act: Senate continued consideration 
of H.R. 3061, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                 
  Pages S11255-66, S11268-75
Adopted:
  Dorgan Amendment No. 2024, to provide for mandatory advanced 
electronic information for air cargo and passengers entering the United 
States.                                         
Pages S11255, S11263-64
  Harkin Amendment No. 2048, to provide funding for the development and 
construction of the first and second phases of the John Edward Porter 
Neuroscience Research Center.                           
Pages S11268-70
  Harkin (for Wyden) Amendment No. 2049, to establish certain 
requirements relating to maintenance of effort for State expenditures 
on public education.                                    
Pages S11268-70
  Harkin (for Collins/Reed) Amendment No. 2050, to express the sense of 
the Senate regarding the release of fiscal year 2001 emergency funding 
for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.      
Pages S11268-70
  Harkin (for Hatch/Harkin) Amendment No. 2051, to express the sense of 
the Senate that the Department of Health and Human Services produce a 
Notice regarding Good Manufacturing Practices for dietary supplements. 
                                                        Pages S11268-70
  Harkin (for Inouye) Amendment No. 2052, to amend Section 10 of the 
Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act (42 U.S.C. 11709). 
                                                        Pages S11268-70
  Harkin (for Bayh) Amendment No. 2053, to require the Comptroller 
General of the United States to report on the State and local impacts 
of the administrative simplification requirements of the Health 
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.   
Pages S11268-70
Withdrawn:
  Sessions Amendment No. 2042, to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to establish a floor on area wage adjustment factors used 
under the medicare prospective payment system for inpatient and 
outpatient hospital services.                
Pages S11257-60, S11274-75
  Sessions Amendment No. 2045, to require the Inspector General of the 
Department of Health and Human Services to audit all Federal amounts 
allocated for AIDS prevention programs and to report to Congress 
concerning programs offering sexually explicit workshops using any of 
such amounts.                                
Pages S11265-66, S11274-75

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  Sessions Amendment No. 2054, to provide for a study and report 
regarding Federal student loan disbursements to students attending 
foreign schools.                                
Pages S11270, S11274-75
  Pending:
  Daschle Amendment No. 2044, to provide collective bargaining rights 
for public safety officers employed by States or their political 
subdivisions.                                
Pages S11260-63, S11270-71
  Gramm Amendment No. 2055 (to Amendment No. 2044), to preserve the 
freedom and constitutional rights of firefighters, law enforcement 
officers and public safety officers.                    
Pages S11271-73
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 10 a.m., on Thursday, November 1, 2001, 
where Senator Gregg and Senator Landrieu will be recognized to offer 
certain amendments with votes to occur on, or in relation to, the 
amendments.                                                 
Page S11296
Appointments: The Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, pursuant to 
Public Law 81-754, as amended by Public Law 93-536 and Public Law 100-
365, appointed Senator Dodd to the National Historical Publications and 
Records Commission, vice Senator Jeffords.                  
  Page S11297
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  15 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  19 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  A routine list in the Army.                           
Pages S11296-97
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  James E. Newsome, of Mississippi, to be a Commissioner of the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission for the term expiring June 19, 
2006. (Reappointment)
  James E. Newsome, of Mississippi, to be Chairman of the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission.
  Richard Clarida, of Connecticut, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury.
  Kenneth Lawson, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury.                                                   
Page S11297
Messages From the House:                                    
  Page S11285
Measures Referred:                                          
  Page S11285
Measures Read First Time:                                   
  Page S11297
Additional Cosponsors:                                  
  Pages S11286-87
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:             
  Pages S11287-91
Additional Statements:                                  
  Pages S11284-85
Amendments Submitted:                                   
  Pages S11291-96
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                               
  Page S11296
Authority for Committees to Meet:                           
  Page S11296
Adjournment: Senate met at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 5:59 p.m., until 
10 a.m., on Thursday, November 1, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S11296.)